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Heirs, legal terms such as 'heirs', used in a Will must be construed in the legal sense, unless a contrary intention is clearly expressed by the testator. The word 'heirs', as pointed out by this Court in Angurbala Mullick v. Debabrata Mullick, 1951 SCR 1125 (1144): AIR 1951 SC 293: 1951 SCJ 394, cannot normally be limited to 'issues' only. It must mean all persons who are entitled to the property of another under the law of inheritance, N. Krishnammal v. R. Ekambaram, AIR 1979 SC 1298 (1301): (1979) 3 SCC 273: (1979) 3 SCR 700.